A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another. (Source: europa.eu)
We use cookies to learn how our website visitors interact with our website over time. This helps us to improve your experience of our website.
We use Google Analytics to identify trends in the usage of our website. Our configuration of Google Analytics specifically uses 3 cookies called “_ga”, “_gat” and “_gid”.
Cookie | Expiration Time | Description | Opt-out link/More info |
_gat | 1 minute | Google analytics uses this cookie to throttle request rates. | Opt-out |
_gid | 24 hours | Google analytics uses this cookie to distinguish users. | Opt-out |
_ga | 2 years | Google analytics uses this cookie to distinguish users. | Opt-out |